Ranchi, Dec. 10 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court dismissed the discharge petition of former agriculture minister Satyanand Bhokta in a 22-year-old seed and agricultural equipment purchase scam involving Rs.46.10 crore, an advocate familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times on Wednesday.

"Former agriculture minister Satyanand Bhokta has suffered a setback in the 22-year-old seed and agricultural equipment purchase scam case. The court rejected his discharge application. After the hearing concluded on November 25 in the court of special judge Onkar Nath Chaudhary of the ACB, the court reserved its order, which was issued on Tuesday, rejecting the discharge plea," the advocate said.

Senior advocate of the Jharkhand high court R...